“Deacon” Matson while telling him he’s truly tempted not to allow Walker to take the solo survival examination, tells him “Rod, you’re a good boy … but sometimes that’s not enough.” Matson adds he’s not sure Rod can beware the Truce of the Bear. In the opening chapter of Tunnel in the Sky, Rodney Walker’s teacher, Dr. Sam Anderson tells him at one point, “you’re a good boy, Max, but there just ain’t no demand for good boys.” In the other, The Rolling Stones, father Roger Stone has a favorite joke he uses in arguments with the Unheavenly Twins, that he’s always been fairly certain one is a ‘spare’ and might safely be left behind–a joke that, if repeated on a television program today, would likely result in some children’s psychologists, or ‘advocates’ as some style themselves, muttering about ‘esteem’ and reaching for torches and pitchforks.

In Starman Jones, one novel we’ve just finished, among other character themes, there’s Max Jones’ lack of sophistication. A novel or story or two later, you’ll find him revisiting the point, find he’s scraped a few layers off it, added some complication, and he’s discussing it again. No matter where you find a discussion, no matter how final his thoughts seems to be on it, read on. Readings: Heinlein’s ‘juvenile’ novels Tunnel in the Sky (’55) and Time for the Stars (’56).Ĭontinuing in our chronological discussion of Heinlein’s juveniles, one feature of Heinlein’s writings has always appealed to me.

Topic: “Developmental Themes, Revisited, in the juvenile stories” Thursday, December 9, 1999, from 9 PM to midnight, in The BC Salon III, on AOL, and Saturday, December 11, 1999, from 8 to 10 PM, ET, on the Internet in an AIM chatroom. Subject: Reminder–Dec 9 Mtng–Tunnel and Time Full List of Heinlein Society Items to Shop.Donate and Receive The Ensign’s Prize Books.

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